Male Testosterone Supplement Usage Down Due To Health Fears..

The “low-T” craze appears to be waning, with fewer men in the United States turning to testosterone therapy as a way to stave off aging and sexual decline. A steep decrease in testosterone prescriptions occurred between 2013 and 2016, coinciding with public warnings that hormone therapy could increase men’s risk of heart health issues and prostate cancer. “We found that there was a very dramatic decrease in a short period of time,” said lead researcher Jacques Baillargeon. He’s a professor of preventive medicine and community health with the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. The number of men receiving testosterone therapy declined by 48 percent between 2013 and 2016, following a sixfold increase in prescriptions during the prior decade, researchers found…